I administer a RHEL server, which until recently was running RHEL 5.something. I had public keys set up so I could connect to this server from my desktop without a password (using keychain to manage ...

Is it possible to use an OpenSSH public key to log into a non-Open SSH box?<BR><BR>I've got public key authentication working from my laptop (OpenSSH 3.1p1,) to another Linux box running OpenSSH, but ...

I enthusiastically use two-factor authentication whenever possible, because static passwords aren't the best mechanism around any moat. Traditional passwords are vulnerable to social engineering, ...

Public key authentication with SSH is possible with WinSCP, but it requires some work to set up. Chad Perrin details the steps. WinSCP is an open source tool for Windows that allows files to be safely ...

The Secure Shell (SSH) protocol and software suite is used by millions of system administrators to log into application and service accounts on remote servers using authentication methods that include ...

However, restrictions in HTTP, such as same origin policy, make it difficult to perform such authentications. In this paper, a system to perform “Publickey” authentication over HTTP is provided. It is ...

Increasingly, whether due to regulatory requirements or a basic recognition that static passwords just don’t provide adequate security, organizations are ...

GitHub has added support for securing SSH Git operations using FIDO2 security keys for added protection from account takeover attempts. Researchers at North Carolina State University (NCSU) found [PDF ...

Version two of the Secure Shell protocol implements a flexible authentication and authorization system. Smart cards, one-time passwords, Kerberos, public-key authentication and other methods may be ...